Heli Nannimainen Eventing

02/10/2022

Getting ready for the hunting season 😁

01/10/2022

Signy enjoying the sun 🥰

29/09/2022

Horse Sport Ireland mare inspections today. Results come later but based on the compliments from the judges she did very well 🥰

24/09/2022

Saturday morning mayhem

21/09/2022

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19/09/2022

Rollo's last schooling yesterday before her well deserved break, she was super as always 👌
And then a horse of a different colour 🤩

16/09/2022

Christopher Hess seminar on training the young horse for competition. Excellent!

26/08/2022

Happy Friday!

20/08/2022

Signy is in a great form. Just difficult to get a good picture because her nose is always on the camera 😁

14/08/2022

Early morning xc schooling to beat the heat! Rollo's first time and she was super 🤩 and even acted as a lead horse for a while 👌

08/08/2022

Tara 3 months this week. Time flies!

02/08/2022

Introduction to grid work for Rollo tonight. Super girl as usual 🥰

29/07/2022

Group hacking out today ☺️🏇🏇🏇

26/07/2022

Such a lovely evening for a hack out 😊

24/07/2022

First jumps with Rollo 🥰

16/07/2022

A little field trip with the babies 😃

30/06/2022

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20/06/2022

Rollo coming along nicely 👌

19/06/2022

Lazy Sunday 😴

30/05/2022

Sisters ☺️

21/05/2022

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13/05/2022

Happy Friday!

12/05/2022

Good morning!

It's a filly 🥰

24/04/2022

Say hello to Rollo!

After a long search a new ⭐ has finally arrived! 4yo mare by Reno Rebel out of Rebel Diamond (Crosstown Dancer). Approx 60% TB 🤩

09/04/2022

A recipe for the young horse

Start with a base of excitement. Look at this horse and get excited, you’re about to build a horse’s future - that’s something to get excited about, but it’s also a responsibility to take seriously, you could determine where this horse is in 15 years time, remember that.

Next, add a sprinkle of insanity. Yep, you’re going to need it. Whether it’s a 12hh pony or 17hh warmblood, you are going to need to be a little bit insane to embark on this journey.

Now you’re going to need a boat load of patience, as much as you can find. Young horses are great levellers (horses are at any age, but particular in their younger years). One minute you’ll be floating around the place thinking this is the next Valegro, and the next minute you’ll be trying to convince them that that tree has always been there and they’ve actually walked past it about fifty times. Take the good with the not-so-good and always, always keep your cool.

Add in a good cupful of determination because there are going to be days that you wonder what in the world you are doing. Whether it’s after tasting your arena surface for the second time that week, or spending ten minutes trying to get them into the far corner of the arena, you are going to need to dig deep sometimes, real deep…

Pour on a whole packed of resilience. You are going to be the bounce-back, come-back king/queen. You are going to need to use the not-so-good to spur you on to the really good stuff. You are going to want to call it day at some point, possibly at many points, so if in doubt, jadd a bit more and just keep going.

Now reach to the back of your cupboard and dust off that self-belief. There are going to be times when you’ll feel like you’re on your own, that nobody can see what you see. So you are going to need a good bit of confidence in the mix to keep yourself on track. Just remember why you started this, you saw something in this horse, so make sure you finish the job you started.

Even if you follow your recipe to the letter, there is no guarantees, there will be deviations, over cooking, under cooking, spilt milk and huge messes to clear up… but when you get it right… Well, there is nothing quite like homemade cake is there?

-Unknown

27/03/2022

'Wine on the Line' 10km. 5 minutes faster than 3 weeks ago even though this run was hilly and the sun was roasting us! 💪💪💪

Love the medal. The train moves 🙃

25/03/2022

Signy has been in this week for some more handling. Such a smart young lady 🥰

19/03/2022

No surprise many people opt for the Ireland - France ferry these days even though it takes forever too.

13/03/2022

13/03/2022

Finally properly fit again 💪💪💪

13/03/2022

South County Dublin Hunt Ball

13/03/2022

January fitness training

23/01/2022

A bit over 3 months to go. Dee is much bigger than last time at this stage. Hopefully the foal won't be too big now 🤞

22/12/2021

08/12/2021

Training time! 💪🇫🇮💪

24/11/2021

Signy is bigger every week. Almost looks like a horse now, no longer a baby 🥰